Watercolor (Loser Edition)

Porter Ray

SKU: SP1188X

Barcode: 4059251074854

22.00 £22.00
  • Genre: Rap / Hip Hop
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Released Date: 10th March 2017
  • Buying Format:
    2LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code

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‘Watercolor’ is the long-awaited label debut from Seattle’s Porter Ray. Porter is a Seattle based MC who caught the attention of Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler, who signed him to the label in 2014.

‘Watercolor’ is a snapshot of Porter’s life and the lives of his friends growing up in Seattle. The album captures a specific time period, before things began rapidly changing around their neighbourhoods and it delves into the experiences that shaped Porter, the situations he and his friends survived and how they overcame the adversity they faced. Porter’s influences – including hip hop classics like Nas’s ‘Illmatic’, Common’s ‘Be’ and Mos Def & Talib Kweli’s ‘…Are Black Star’ – shine through in both the beats and production and his deeply personal lyrics.

Porter was born and raised in and around Seattle’s Central District / Capitol Hill / Columbia City / Beacon Hill neighbourhoods. He wrote short stories and poetry before he began writing rhymes in middle school and early high school and started recording music towards the end of high school. ‘Watercolor’ follows a string of acclaimed, self-released mixtapes – ‘Electric Rain’, ‘Nightfall’, ‘Fundamentals’, ‘BLK GLD’, ‘WHT GLD’, ‘RSE GLD’ – all of which have been available as free downloads.

‘Watercolor’ was recorded in various studios in Seattle, mostly mixed by Erik Blood (Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, Tacocat), with a few songs co-mixed by Vitamin D (Macklemore, Abstract Rude, Black Sheep). ‘Watercolor’ was produced by B Roc, with additional songs produced by DJ El Grande, KMTK and Tele Fresco.

Loser Edition clear double vinyl format available to independent retailers.

Vinyl formats include digital download code.

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Track Listings

Waves
East Seattle
Bulletproof Windows ft Nate Jack
Past Life ft Cashtro & Black
Everybody (Interlude) ft Fly Guy Dai (Shabazz Palaces)
The Mirror Between Us ft JD & JusMoni
Sacred Geometry ft Cashtro & The Palaceer
Arithmetic ft Infinite & Stas Thee Boss
Navi Truck
Lightro (Looking For The Light)
Dissolving In A Daydream
My Mother’s Words ft Debra Sullivan
Beautiful ft Aslan T. Rife & The Palaceer

Bonus Tracks
Sacred Geometry (Constellation Mix) ft Cashtro & The Palaceer
Vanilla Coke
Sacred Geometry (Instrumental)
Brothers (Instrumental)
Arithmetic (Instrumental)

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